Zachary Slatton, HQ AFSPC/A3/6Z, 18th Space Control Squadron; Robin Thurston, 18th Space Control Squadron/OL-D
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This paper presents methods of processing geosynchronous breakups that have been developed over decades by 1st Command and Control Squadron (1 CACS), 1st Space Control Squadron (1 SPCS) and 18th Space Control Squadron (18 SPCS). The paper reviews how 18 SPCS detected and verified the breakup of a Breeze-M rocket body on Jan 16, 2016, and reveals two unpublicized breakups of possible EKRAN payloads in the early 1980s. 18 SPCS has developed these analytical methods on behalf of Air Force Space Command, in support of US Strategic Commands (USSTRATCOM) Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC SPACE), which is charged with executing USSTRATCOMs presidentially-assigned space operations mission.
Date of Conference: September 11-14, 2018
Track: Optical Systems Instrumentation